IEOM Student Chapter at MehrAstan University, Iran

Faculty Advisor

Abbas Mahmoudabadi Ph.D.
Director, Master Program in Industrial Engineering
MehrAstan University, Guilan, Iran
Tel: +98 13 4216 6112, Cell: +98 912 159 7537
Email: mahmoudabadi@mehrastan.ac.ir
Other email: abbasmahmoudabadi@gmail.com

Chapter Officers

President: Hojat Miandehi
Vice President: Kamran Mehrdoost
Secretary: Donya Nader
Director of Communication: Mahdieh Mahmoudabadi

Members

Elham Mohammadpour
Fatemeh Sedighi Fashtali
Fatemeh Yaghoobi Elizei
Haniyeh Raanaye Akhavan
Maryam Azordeh
Seyedeh Zahra Alavi
Sheyda Shadfar
Donya Nader
Maedeh Babaei
Elnaz Faraji
Mohammadreza Nasiri Jan Agha
Hamideh Baghaie Daemi
Mojtaba Safari

Activities

April 2022

After a long period of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Iranian universities are now gradually reopened for the rest of the spring semester. Following the decision made by educational policy makers, MehrAstan University is being experienced the first weeks of reopening stage, where students and faculties have started to take place the courses in person to re-discuss the subjects difficult to teach online and continue to hold classes for the rest of the spring semester. The first below picture shows some of the selected students who are currently studying E-business and information technology. They are attending at classes of customer relationship management (CRM) under the supervisory of Dr. Kamran Mehrdoost (standing at the left with white hair), and enterprise resource planning (ERP) taken place by Dr. Abbas Mahmoudabadi (the second person from the left). Students in the fields of business management and industrial engineering, present in the second picture, are now studying forecasting and time series analysis taken place by Dr. Abbas Mahmoudabadi for students who are now working in their Msc thesis.

Students and researchers are welcome to ask their possible questions by sending email to Dr. Abbas Mahmoudabadi mahmoudabadi@mehrastan.ac.ir or Whatsapp message to +98 939 159 7537.

February 2022

Following three rounds of national conferences, MehrAstan University has successfully taken place the Fourth National Conference on Engineering Management on February 23-24, 2022, Astaneh-e-Ashrafieh, Guilan, Iran. Due to the restrictions of the global pandemic, all papers have been presented virtually. Since the conference aimed at providing a forum for academics, researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas and recent developments in the field of Engineering Management, practitioners have presented their studies’ findings and highlighted proposals for further studies. According to the contract made by the university, all papers will be indexed by the home-made platform of indexing papers CIVILICA. After presentations, authors have received their certificates virtually (a sample shown below – left) but hard copies are also available. Scientific committee members have also received their certificates for participating in the reviewing process of articles (a sample shown below – right).

The organizing committee intends taking place the fifth event as an international conference when the IEOM Society may support them to hold it as a hybrid conference in English and Persian languages. Students, researchers, and practitioners interested in supporting the conference are welcome to send their request to the conference chair, Dr. Abbas Mahmoudabadi via email mahmoudabadi@mehrastan.ac.ir or Whatsapp +98 939 159 7537.

September 2021

MehrAstan University is organizing the 4th National Conference on Engineering Management during February 23-24, 2022. Host is the conference hall at the university, but virtual presentation is also scheduled to take place. The conference aims to provide a forum for academics, researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas and recent developments in the field of Engineering Management while integrating the topics of all engineering fields seems more important and vital these days. All researchers and practitioners are welcome but students who are studying at or graduated at the university would receive discount rates while submitting their articles. MehrAstan has successfully organized three national conferences on Engineering Management in (2016), (2017) and (2018) and had scheduled to take place the forth in 2020, but the pandemic postponed the conference for two years. Students, researchers, and practitioners who are interested in supporting the conference through submitting or reviewing articles are welcome to send their request to the conference email info@em2022.ir or directly contact the conference chair, Dr. Abbas Mahmoudabadi via email mahmoudabadi@mehrastan.ac.ir or Whatsapp +989391597537.

Spring Semester, 2021
Astaneh-e-Ashrafieh, Guilan, Iran

The last sessions of Operations Management, Engineering Economics, and Modelling & Simulation for students who study in Bachelor of Science at MehrAstan University have been taken place on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. The above courses have been initially scheduled for not only IE students but also for students in other fields. During the semester, students have taken place all sessions by virtual systems due to the global pandemic. At the last time, the students were in attendance to face-to-face asking the questions difficult to understand through online systems. In addition, they were supposed to manage three or four assignments and the date was the most appropriate time to review the questions and the answer sheets received and reviewed by their supervisor, Dr. Abbas Mahmoudabadi, shown at the right side of the top photos next to his students of Modelling & Simulation. Students in Operations Management are also shown in the photo under it. The final exams have been designed virtually for 60 minutes and held on June 16, 17 & 24. Master of Science students in E-Commerce and IE have moreover received final remarks and recommendations on Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Supply Chain Management, Advanced Engineering Economics, and Advanced Transportation Planning on Thursday, June 10, 2021. More details would be available by sending email to mahmoudabadi@mehrastan.ac.ir or text to WhatsApp +989391597537.

Student Chapter Activities at MehrAstan University
Spring Semester, 2020
Astaneh-e-Ashrafieh, Guilan, Iran

Despite the existing COVID-19 outbreak across the Asian country of Iran, MehrAstan University has taken place a student chapter in the spring semester 2020. Students, who are studying MSc. in E-Commerce and Information Technology, have successfully finished the course of Time Series analysis and Forecasting under the supervision of Dr. Abbas Mahmoudabadi (in the middle of the photo with gray hair). The course consists of a) Sampling techniques, b) Questionnaire design and validation, c) Moving average, d) Smoothing methods and seasonal forecasting, e) Simple, multiple and stepwise regression models (hypothesis testing included), and eventually f) Normality testing and outlier checking. Students had seven virtual sessions in which notes had been provided prior to discussions made by Skyroom, followed by taking place two face to face meetings for more discussions on details at the end. They have also performed two student practices covering all topics to get ready for holding a written examination designed for no longer than 60 minutes based on the measures disseminated by the higher education ministry.

More details would be available if students email their requests to mahmoudabadi@mehrastan.ac.ir or click on the weblog address http://blog.mehrastan.ac.ir/mahmoudabadi.

FLYER in PDF – IEOM 2019

Photos

Student Chapter Activities at MehrAstan University – Autumn Semester, 2019-2020 – Astaneh-e-Ashrafieh,Guilan, Iran

MehrAstan University has taken place two student chapters of activities in the autumn (fall) semester 2019-2020, where two groups of students were participating in. The first chapter was defined for the students who are studying E-Commerce and Information Technology, and the second one was defined for students of cloth or fashion designing. Two groups of students were supervised by MehrAstan affiliated professors of Dr. Kamran Mehrdoost and Dr. Gol Mohammadi, respectively. The students’ activities were carried out successfully and their memorial photos have been taken at the end of the semester, as well, shown in Figures 1 and 2 in which the supervisors are in the middle.

Figure 1: MehrAstan MSC. Students on E-Commerce and Information Technology

Figure 2: MehrAstan BSc. Students on Cloth Designing

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